It was a hard sell at first, but Michael was able to convince his friends to practice with him using their abilities. He spent a lot of time at home thinking about exercises that could improve their mastery over their powers and their teamwork. The synergy between their abilities. Then, at school, he would sell them as fun and challenging games. Sometimes, he would even pretend like he had just gotten the ideas on the fly and purely by accident.
Michael felt he should take that approach because the girls hated the idea of the competitions that were to come. They didn’t want to participate, and they didn’t want to encourage participation, either.
For the most part, Michael succeeded. Felix and Walter often matched up together to compete against each other. One of the games they played a l
